A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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A couple from Bristol who had trouble selling their house, found out they had an original Banksy on their wall, and received twice the asking price by selling the painting with a house attached.
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In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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